CAMHS Registered Practitioner - Band 5

Job summary

Would you like to join our service during a really exciting time?

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS FT Child and Adolescent mental health service (CAMHS) has been awarded a large investment to increase the offer we can deliver to the children and young people within Gloucestershire.

The CAMHS Team work in a busy and dynamic environment, and we pride our self on being leaders in delivering high quality compassionate care to children and young people, while protecting and promoting staff well-being and development.

We are going through a transformation towards the THRIVE approach, and would urge you to join us and take an active part in creating a forward thinking, evolving and most importantly ensuring that the young person is at the centre of all the work we provide.

We are looking for;

• An enthusiastic and committed mental health clinician to join our community based, multi-disciplinary team.
• The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate a good knowledge of the mental health difficulties experienced by children and young people, and understand the therapies and other interventions used in treatment.
• The post holder will be a professional health or social care qualification, RNLD, RMHN, RNCB OT, MHSW.
• Be able to demonstrate a current registration with a regulated professional body/ organisation: NMC, HCPC, BPS, ACP

Main duties of the job

What we can offer you is;

• a generous relocation package (subject to eligibility assessment)
• flexible working options,
• Protected training time - working in CAMHS is a specialist and demanding area. We know you will need to develop skills and abilities as part of your professional development which is why we have a weekly teaching session, weekly reflective practice and access to training opportunities such as positive behaviour support (PBS), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT).
• Protected Supervision - We ensure that all our staff have clinical supervision for a minimum of 1 hour protected time every month
• You will be allocated a mentor, a staff member a band 6 and above and also a buddy who is a band 5.
• All clinicians are supported with monthly case management and have a clear job plan which is regularly reviewed.
• We have regular team meetings, working within a multi-disciplinary approach.
• We encourage all our team to join the current transformation projects and service improvement working groups.
• Great career prospects - stay with us and we can develop your career
• preceptorship
  • We know that taking up your first job as a registered professional is both exciting and scary. That's why we've set up our Preceptorship Program, to help you get the very best start. Your transition from student to registered practitioner is one of the biggest leaps you will ever make in your professional career.

About us

The Trust aims to recruit and retain the best possible staff who, through the application of their skills, qualification and experience, will make a positive contribution to our business of providing quality health care services. It is the Trust's view that the costs associated with moving house in order to take up a post with us should not restrict our ability to recruit the excellent people we need; therefore, we support staff to relocate with our relocation policy.

Employer details

Employer name

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Acorn House

Horton Road

Gloucester

GL1 3PX

Employer's website

https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Acorn House

Horton Road

Gloucester

GL1 3PX

Employer's website

https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

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